Most Useful App of the Week - MedTap - Drug Interaction Checker

Medicine, like sports, always seems to be wearier of new technology because it’s less reliable. Most establishments that practice medicine will rely on the tried and true methods over something new until that new thing can become as reliable as the old methods. That said, there are some medical apps that you can get on your smartphone that are worth having. Here is one of the best medical apps for iPhone and iPad – MedTap!

What is MedTap?

MedTap is a medical reference tool, created especially to help physicians, medical students, nurses and other healthcare professionals. This medical app and drug interaction checker is brought to the iOS platform by AAP, allowing its users to learn more about their meds.

App Features

This incredible and powerful tool includes multiple useful features that bring trusted drugs information right at your fingertips. With it, you can search interactions between multiple drugs and find risks of adverse events and dose adjustments. There are detailed drug monographs included, along with summary and full information for a drug's indications & dosage, contraindications, interactions, adverse events, use in special populations (e.g. pregnancy, pediatrics), pharmacology, pill images, and clinical trial results. You can easily enter a list of drugs to check interactions that can result in adverse events or lack of efficacy and identify any pill based on its imprint, drug name, and other pill's features like shape and color. In addition, the app offers a disease search to find approved drugs for the selected indication.

Search for interactions between two or more drugs at a time and find pills by name, ingredient, imprint, shape, or color by downloading MedTap from the App Store. Note that all data contained in this app is for informational purposes only and it’s not a substitute for professional medical judgment or to constitute professional advice for medical diagnosis or treatment.

App Store Download Link: MedTap